Justiz: US-Sanktionen gegen Präsidentin des Strafgerichtshofs
Die US-Regierung erhöht mit Sanktionen den Druck auf den Internationalen Strafgerichtshof - diesmal auch gegen die Präsidentin. Es ist nicht die erste Maßnahme dieser Art.
The United States government has announced sanctions against the President of the International Criminal Court, Tomoko Akane, alongside a high-ranking Senegalese jurist, Abdoulaye Seye. Foreign Minister Marco Rubio explained that this action was taken due to both individuals' repeated involvement in investigations or arrests of officials whose governments had refused to accept the Court's jurisdiction.
These states include the United States, along with others like Israel and Russia. Rubio warned that the Court's prosecution of officials from these countries would set a dangerous precedent. The court has already issued an arrest warrant against Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, since 2024, accusing him of war crimes in Gaza.
Netanyahu vehemently denies these allegations. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been under significant pressure from the US government since its establishment in 2002, primarily due to the warrant against Netanyahu. The US imposed sanctions on ICC judges in December, citing their "political actions against Israel" as the reason.
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